Background

 Dr. Sockalingam’s research interests are in the development of novel material systems with spatially heterogeneous properties at multiple length scales and developing fundamental understanding of mechanisms during composite material manufacturing and deformation over a range of strain rates. The impacts of this research reside in the potential to develop new energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly composites with unprecedented properties (stronger, tougher, lighter) for aerospace and defense applications. His expertise are in multiscale finite element modeling and analysis, composite material characterization, constitutive model development, ballistic impact, design and development of body and vehicle armor, automotive crashworthiness and engineering consulting.

Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2016
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2008
• B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, India, 2003

Selected Publications

• Chakraborty, D., Kodagali, K., Kattil, S.R., Miller, D., Sockalingam, S. and Sutton, M.A., 2024. A novel experimental technique to determine the tack development during automated placement of uncured thermoset carbon/epoxy tows. Manufacturing Letters, 40, pp.109-112.
• Kodagali, K., Rad, C.V., Sockalingam, S., Gurdal, Z. and Miller, E., 2024. Low velocity impact and compression-after-impact response of hybrid pseudo-woven meso-architectured carbon/epoxy composite laminates manufactured via automated fiber placement. Composites Part B: Engineering, 271, p.111154.
• Sockalingam, S., Kodagali, K., Sutton, M.A., Miller, D. and Weerasooriya, T., 2023. Direct spatio-temporal stress field determination combining full-field deformation measurements and explicit finite element method: Concept verification. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 65, p.102106.
• Rajan Kattil, S., Bazilevs, Y., Sutton, M.A., Sockalingam, S., Kodagali, K., Weerasooriya, T. and Alexander, S., 2024. SUPG-Based Finite Element Method for Direct Material Property Determination Utilizing Full-Field Deformation Measurements. Journal of Applied Mechanics, pp.1-26.
• Thomas, F.D., Roark, J., Moy, P., Sockalingam, S., O'Brien, D.J. and Weerasooriya, T., 2024. Experiments and simulations for dynamic yarn pull-out response of Kevlar® fabrics. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 181, p.108147.
• Shah, K., Sockalingam, S., O'Brien, H., Yang, G., Loubani, M.E., Lee, D. and Sutton, M.A., 2023. Sub-microscale speckle pattern creation on single carbon fibers for scanning electron microscope-digital image correlation (SEM-DIC) experiments. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 165, p.107331.
• Rad, C.V., Kodagali, K., Roark, J., Revilock, D., Ruggeri, C., Harik, R. and Sockalingam, S., 2020. High velocity impact response of hybridized pseudo-woven carbon fiber composite architectures. Composites Part B: Engineering, 203, p.108478.
• Krishnan, K., Sockalingam, S., Bansal, S., Rajan, S.D., “Numerical Simulation of Ceramic Composite Armor”, Composite Part B: Engineering, 41, 8, 583-593, 2010.